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No. 625,2sl. Patented May 16, |899.

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CLOTHES PIN.

(Application Bled Dec, 23, 189B.)

(No Model.)

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No. 625,26l. Patented May I6, i899. W. I. F. HARDEN E. BUCK.

CLOTHES PIN. (Application med me. 2a, 1519s.)

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VIL'LIAM I. F. HARDEN AND ERVIN BIICK, OFIIARTFORD, KANSAS',

ASSIGNORS TO SAID HARDEN. A

CLOTHES-PIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 625,261, dated May 16, 1899.

Application filed December 23, 1898. Serial No. 700,166. (No model.)

To all wir/0m it may concern:

Be it known that we, NVILLIAM I. F. HAR- DEN and ERVIN BUCK, citizens of the United States, residing at Hartford, in the county of Lyon and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes- Pins 5 and we do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. Y

Our invention relates to certain improvements in clothes-pins,7 so called; and it has for its object more particularly the adaptation of the pin as an attachment of the line to have it always conveniently at hand for use and whereby when the clothes or articles are removed said pin or pins are not required to be detached from the line and which is readily and cheaply constructed. It is also equally adapted to serve as a clothes-hook, its convertibility being readily effected by simply removing it from the clothes-line and passing or inserting a screw or other fastening through the line attaching or receiving portion thereof and so disposing said portion as to permit the screwing or driving said fasteninginto the rack, strip, orsupport to which it is to be screwed for such purpose.

It consists, primarily, of a clasp produced of a sleeve or saddle adapted to be slid and turned freely on the clothes-line and of an invertible angular or arcuate clasp or pin. proper adapted to pivot or turn freely of said saddle or sleeve and to engage the article or fabric when on the line and having its looped end preferably twisted or converged to effect the clasping or clamping action and to form a readily and conveniently grasped portion, substantially as hereinafter more fully disclosed, and specifically pointed out in the clai-ms.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the preferred embodiment of our invention, Figure l is a view disclosing its application to a clothes-line, also in use in securing an article thereon at the left, and in multiform or as a double pin similarly applied at the right. Figs. 2 and 3 are detached perspective views of the same both as a single and as a double pin. Fig. 4. is a modification, the looped portion of the clasp or pin proper being passed through the sleeve or saddle and the free ends thereof twisted together to effect the clasping or clamping action, and also a transverse section through the saddle. Figs. and 6 are additional modifications, the former showing the pivotal connection between the clasp or pin proper and the sleeve or saddle formed of a separate pivot pin or rivet and the latter showing said connection effected by passing eye-ended portions of said clasps through lateral flanges of the saddle or sleeve through which passes the clothesline. Fig. 7 is a fourth modification showing the connection between the saddle and the clasp or pin proper effected by laterally bending and passing one end of one branch of the pin through an eye-ended portion of the other branch after having been passed through the saddle. Fig. 8 is a fifth modification showing the pin or clasp applied or adapted as a clothes-hook.

It will be understood that latitude will be allowed herein as to the detailsv of the parts and their arrangement and construction, as they may be varied without departing from the spirit of our invention and the same yet remain intact and be protected.

p In carrying out our invention we produce the same of two principal parts, consisting of a sleeve or saddle A and aclasp or pin proper, B.

The sleeve or saddle A is preferably formed of a malleable metal plate bent or adapted to permit the saddle or sleeve to be slid and turned freely thereon, the purpose of which is apparent.

The clasp or pin proper, erably, of a single or continuous piece of stout Wire doubled upon itself, so as to form substantially two parallel members or jaws b b, and again bent into an angular or arcuate outline, so as to adapt it after inversion to be passed down astride of the line, and thus clamp or clasp the clothes or articles tightly B, is formed, prefmit the removal of the clothes.

in place 'on the line. In order,however, to render eective the clasping or clamping action of the pin or clasp, the members or jaws b b are twisted, as at b', upon Jthemselves kat theouter looped end of the same, thus effecting their convergence thereat to put them under tension when forced down upon the article on the line, thus producing the aforesaid clamping or clasping action. The free ends of the members or jaws b b of said clasp or pin are adapted one to form a loop or eye b2 and the other to pass through opposite or coincident apertures b3 in the lateral portions of the sleeve or saddle A and received by said loop or eye, `into which it is held bypreferably heading, Hanging, or bending the same, as shown. The outer twisted looped portion of said clasp or pin also forms a ready or convenient means of grasping the same for manipulation.

In operation as the clothes are put on the line piece by piece the pin or clasp is bodily adjusted with relation thereto and thepin or clasp proper caught or grasped at its free end and moved or carried upward, so as to place the same in an inverted position above the line, it then being brought downward and caused to stride the article or clothes, whereby the jaws thereof as they are thus forced or spread apart increase tension, effectively clasping the article or clothes on the line. Of course just the opposite manipulation of the clasp or pin proper will release it and per- The pin or clasp being connected to the line and forming an attachment thereof does not require to'be held in the hand and removed to a separate point after use, but is an appendage of the line and is always conveniently at hand for use.

In Fig. et the looped portion of the clasp or pin is carried through the sleeve and the free ends of the members or jaws twisted one upon the other, as at c.. In Fig. 5 the free ends of the clasp jaws or members are formed into eyes, as at d, anda pivot pin or rivet d passed through the sleeve or saddle and through said eyes and headed and bent at its respective ends to secure the same in said eyes.

In Fig. 6 is shown a sleeve or saddle e, formed by bending a plate with a longitudinal central semicircular gutter or groove to receive the clothes-line, with one lateral portion or wing extended inwardly or lapping said wing and across said gutter or groove, thus closing the open side thereof and also lapping the opposite lateral portion or wing of said plate. The inner free ends of the clasp members are formed with eyes to engage apertures, as at e", in the wings or lateral portions of said plate or sleeve.

In Fig. 7 one end of one of the clasp members is bent laterally, as at ZJX, and in addition to being passed through coincident opening in the sleeve or saddle is passed through an eye b2, formed on the other end of the other clasp member and bent upon the same, as at b4.

In Fig. S we have shown our pin or clasp adapted or applied to serve as a clothes-hook, this being edected by removing it from the clothes-line and suitably adjusting or placing it in position with the sleeve or saddle endwise disposedor presented to the rackstrip of an ordinary clothes-rack or to the inside of a clothes-press or wardrobe and inserting a screw or fastening g through said saddle and screwing or driving it into the support thus provided therefor. When needed, however, for subsequent use as a clothespin, it can'be readily removed by Withdrawing the screw or fastening and reapplying it .to the clothes-line, as before, the use of our invention thus being twofold.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- V l. As a new article of manufacture, the clothes-pin consisting of a sleeve or saddle adapted to freely slide and turn on the clothesline, and the invertible clasp or pin pivoted to said sleeve, the same consisting of a single or continuous piece doubled upon itself, with the free ends of the jaws, thus formed, pivoted in said sleeve or saddle the portions of said jaws twisted one upon the other, substantially as set forth.

2. As a new article of manufacture, the clothes-pin consisting of the sleeve or saddle adapted to freely slide and turn on the clothesline, and a plurality of invertible clasps or pins, proper, pivoted to said sleeve or saddle and each consisting of parallel jaws arranged close up to said sleeve with their outer connected end portions twisted, and terminating in a loop, substantially as set forth.

3. As a new article of manufacture, the clothes-pin, consisting of a sleeve or saddle adapted to freely slide and turn on the clothesline, and the invertible pin or clasp formed of a single or continuous piece doubled upon itself, with the inner ends of the jaws thus formed pivoted to said sleeve or saddle and the outer ends of said jaws twisted one upon the other and terminating in a loop, substantially as set forth.

4C. As a new article of manufacture, the clothes-pin consisting of a sleeve or saddle adapted to freelyslide and turn on the clothes- Clasp or pin, proper, produced of a single or In testimony whereof we affix our signa continuous piece doubled upon itse1f,and havtures in presence of two witnesses. ingits line or clothes-engagging` jaws arranged WILLAM I F HARDEN close up to said sieeve,and its inner ends piv- ERVIN BUK 5 oted to said saddle or sleeve, the outer oonneoted ends of said jaws being twisted one Witnesses: upon the other and terminating in aloop, sub- XV. H. FLICKINGER, stantiaiiy as set forth. C. S. PERKINS. 

